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The Electoral Commission disclosed that the political parties spend more than £4m on social media websites during the election, more than twice as much as in 2015.

The Tories spent £2.1m on Facebook and £562,000 on Google, compared to Labour which spent £577,000 on Facebook and £254,000 on Google.

The Liberal Democrats spent £412,000 on Facebook and £203,000 on Google. The figures show that overall the Conservatives spent £18.6million on the snap election, Labour £11million and the Liberal Democrats £6.7million.